practice of law

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practice of law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" law learned profession - one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" traverse, deny - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit disbar - remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"